A Voice for the Unheard
In part 1 of this post, we introduced Maryland’s law that gives most employees in the state the right to accrue time off for sick and safe leave. What is sick leave? The employee may take earned sick leave time for: Medical treatment Preventive medical care for self...
On Feb. 11, 2018, the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act took effect after the General Assembly had voted to override the governor’s veto of the bill. This state law requires private, nonprofit, and state or local government employers in Maryland to provide “earned...
At our law firm, we fight for the wage-and-hour rights of employees in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and California. Those rights are based on federal and state laws and include being paid minimum wage and proper overtime, being paid on time, being paid for...
Federal labor law contains protections for the rights of mothers to take the breaks they need to express breast milk at work. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) directs that employers give nursing mothers reasonable breaks from their duties to express milk for a year...
Federal law protects certain employees’ wage and benefits rights, especially those to minimum wage and overtime. Independent contractors, however, do not have the same rights and have more of an arm’s length relationship with the businesses or other kinds of employers...
